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THE FAIRY SCALES AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Gladys Smythe. Illustrated by Catherina Patricchio.
Stock no. 1328535
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

10 short stories. 10 colour plates including frontis. Cream cloth boards, green titles, large pictorial onlay to front cover shows young boy picking a rose up from the road that has been dropped by a young girl clutching a handful of roses. Green & white fairy ring to endpapers. B/w illustrations to margins. 101 pages. First story is The Golliwog's Lesson. Spine and corners bumped, a couple of small dents to cover edges. Spine is bumped and rubbed. Damp stains to edge of front cover. Tiny piece of loss to top corner tip of front free-endpaper. A couple of small margin tears to prelims. Light foxing to prelims and textblock. Some grubby fingermarks and some large foxspots to pages but generally contents clean.

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NODDY AND THE BUMPY DOG
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Lee; Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1326363
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson Ltd.. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Dark blue pictorial boards. Colour pictorial endpapers and illustrations throughout. Noddy Book 14. No Noddy picture to top of spine (later reprints feature Noddy). Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge rubbed. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased, heavy pencil mark to front panel (not obvious due to the colour of the wrapper).

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AMELIA JANE AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Sylvia Venus.
Stock no. 2140013
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red covers, black titles. B/w illustrations, including gollys! 160 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few to page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; some loss; grubby marks and foxing.

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SLEEPY TIME TALES OF PLAYTIME VILLAGE
Written by Sheila Hodgetts.
Stock no. 2138066
Published by Purnell. Very good condition.

Small oblong format. Red pictorial card wraps. 12 new 5-minute bedtime stories. Two-tone illustrations of toys, including Gollies and Teddies. Some creasing to cover corners; wear to edges. Name in ink to top of title page. Some browning.

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LUCY LAMBKIN
Written by Lorna Steele. Illustrated by Lorna Steele.
Stock no. 2137451
Published by J. Salmon. Very good condition.

Small format. Stiff card covers. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some foxing to covers. Contents are still nice and bright.

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THE GOLLIWOGG IN WAR!
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 1320555
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board. Oblong format. 8.5 x 11". Wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn with slight loss of surface paper at corners. Covers grubby with a pink mark to top edge of front cover. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Joints cracked. Small margin tears to some pages. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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PIXIES IN TOYLAND
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318293
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Covers slightly grubby and creased at shaped edges. Contents clean.

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THE GOLLIWOGG'S DESERT ISLAND
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 1318243
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. Circa 1907. Good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Large, oblong format. Wonderful colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby and scuffed, stain to spine edge of front cover where colour has seeped from cloth. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper (dated 1907). Endpapers lightly browned. Front joint is cracked (between endpaper and title-page). Contents are foxed and slightly grubby. A nice copy overall.

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THE GOLLIWOGG AT THE SEA-SIDE
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 2125350
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1898. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Oblong format. Bold colour illustrations throughout. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Dark damp marks along cover edges. A few foxspots. Some margin marks; one margin tear to page 5/6 (around 1"). Light page corner creasing.

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PAM'S SECRET-HOUSE
Written by Natalie Joan. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 2123831
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Paperboards, colour pictorial onlay. Colour illustrations of Pam and her dollies. Colour pictorial endpapers. Small format. A few marks to covers; bumping to corners and a couple of cover edges. Name and address in pencil to verso of front endpaper and verso of half-title page, else contents are excellent.

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NODDY AND TESSIE BEAR
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Lee.
Stock no. 1609606
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book no. 12: Pink pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Board edges scuffed. Spine bumped, unevenly faded, and split at base (about 2cm). Belongs To box completed in pencil. Wrapper is creased, edge torn and chipped with loss; faded to spine.

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AMELIA JANE AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Sylvia Venus.
Stock no. 1405858
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red covers, black titles. B/w illustrations, including gollys! 160 pages. Bumping to spine, corners and bottom of front board. Covers marked. Browning to endpapers. Foxing mainly to prelims and page edges. A few light marks to rear endpaper. Contents otherwise generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a few small tears. Spine and rear panel browned. Front panel a bit grubby. Foxing which is more visible on verso. Red mark to verso of rear panel.

Price: £98.00 £73.50.

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